HOURS BEFORE. HE WAS A FATHER WHO LOST HIS LIFE ON FATHER’S DAY. THE PAIN STILL FEELS UNREAL TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS. >> HE WAS REALLY PROUD TO BE A FATHER. HE WAS PUMPED AND REALLY CELEBRATING FATHER’S DAY AND FOR THIS TO HAPPEN IS UNFORTUNATE. LOVED ONES SAY THE MAN WHO WAS KILLED DURING A SHOOTING AT DIXIE HIGHWAY AND ORMSBY AVENUE SUNDAY MORNING WAS DURELLE MOXLEY A FATHER OF THREE >> RELL WAS ONE OF THOSE VOICES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WAS EDGING ME AND PUSHING ME TOWARDS POSITIVITY. SHAQUILLE: POLICE SAY SEVEN PEOPLE INCLUDING MOXLEY WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR THEIR INJURIES. DOCTORS COULDN’T SAVE MOXLEY BUT INVESTIGATORS SAY EVERYONE ELSE IS EXPECTED TO BE OK. CHINA LACY SAYS HIS FRIEND LOST HIS LIFE PROTECTING THOSE AROUND HIM. >> INSTEAD OF FLEEING, HE REALIZED SOME PEOPLE WERE GOING TO GET HIT IN THE CROSSFIRE OR WHATEVER AND HE THREW HIMSELF IN HARM'S WAY AND NOW HE’S NOT HERE BECAUSE OF IT. SHAQUILLE: THIS SHOOTING WAS JUST ONE OF SEVERAL IN THE METRO AREA IN A THREE HOUR TIMEFRAME FROM SATURDAY NIGHT TO SUNDAY MORNING. POLICE SAY 3 OTHER PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN SHOOTINGS, TOO. >> THIS IS NOT THE OLD WESTERN DAYS, YOU’RE NOT FIGHTING OVER LAND, THIS IS NOT BEEF OVER A COUNTRY. YOU’RE FIGHTING OVER SENSELESS STUFF. SHAQUILLE: MAYOR FISCHER’S OFFICE RELEASED A STATEMENT ADDRESING THE VIOLENCE, SAYING IN PART, “OVERALL, WE CONTINUE TO STAY THE COURSE WITH OUR PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO REDUCING VIOLENCE AND OUR SIX-PILLAR VIOLENCE REDUCTION PLAN, ENFORCEMENT, INTERVENTION, PREVENTION, COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION, ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE, AND RE-ENTRY.” BUT FOR THOSE GATHERED AT THE SAME PLACE THEIR LOVED ONE WAS KILLED, ALL THEY CAN DO IS HOPE IT GETS BE

Friends and family were very emotional as they brought balloons and candles to the same spot where their loved one was killed just hours before. Ten people were injured in shootings in Louisville between 11:30 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 a.m. Sunday according to LMPD. Seven of the victims were found at Dixie Highway and Ormsby Avenue near a liquor store. One of those victims died at the hospital. Loved ones say the man who was killed during the shootings was Durelle Moxley, a father of three."He was really proud to be a father. He was pumped and really celebrating Father's Day and for this to happen is unfortunate," said close friend, China Lacy.Lacy says Moxley lost his life protecting those around him."Instead of fleeing, he realized some people were going to get hit in the crossfire or whatever, and he threw himself in harm's way, and now he's not here because of it," said Lacy.Mayor Greg Fischer's office released a statement Sunday regarding the recent spike in violence:"We have seen a spike in homicides in the past few weeks, and this weekend we have seen more troubling violence. These are all active investigations, and LMPD will provide information as they are able and the investigations unfold. Anyone with information on the shootings is asked to contact police at 574-LMPD."The other victims are expected to recover. Officials have no suspects at this time.

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Friends and family were very emotional as they brought balloons and candles to the same spot where their loved one was killed just hours before.

Ten people were injured in shootings in Louisville between 11:30 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 a.m. Sunday according to LMPD.

"We have seen a spike in homicides in the past few weeks, and this weekend we have seen more troubling violence. These are all active investigations, and LMPD will provide information as they are able and the investigations unfold. Anyone with information on the shootings is asked to contact police at 574-LMPD."

The other victims are expected to recover. Officials have no suspects at this time.